Coskata Inc. Unveils Semi-Commercial Feedstock Flexible Ethanol Facility in Madison, PA
Oct 23, 2009
Facility represents successful scale-up of company's technology and showcase for the world's first commercially-viable flex ethanol process Madison, PA - Coskata Inc., a leading developer of next-generation biofuels, today announced the successful start-up of its semi-commercial flex-ethanol facility located in Madison ... Continue reading
ECOtality's Don Karner to Present at "Beyond Oil"
Oct 23, 2009
PHOENIX & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLY), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, has announced that Don Karner, President co-founder of ECOtalityâs subsidiary, eTec (Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation), will speak to fellow industry innovators at âBe ... Continue reading
Ford, U of M Explore New Ways To Speed Development of Future Hybrid Vehicles
Oct 21, 2009
DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 21 -- -- Ford and the University of Michigan are conducting pioneering new research to speed the development of advanced hybrid vehicle technology -- Through virtual testing, researchers are conducting as many as 175,000 design simulations of hybrid control systems a week to further improve fuel e ... Continue reading
Oct 19, 2009
Napoleon, OH: October 16, 2009, 2009; Douglas Pelmear, the inventor of the 110 MPG HP2g engine, has been asked by the Specialty Equipment Manufacturerâs Association (SEMA) to speak at the Associationâs annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 3rd. It is expected that Pelmear will reveal the basic t ... Continue reading
Oct 19, 2009
NEW YORK--The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, a multimillion dollar competition to inspire a new generation of viable, super fuel-efficient vehicles, today announced the 43 teamsâ representing 18 states, 10 countries and 6 fuel types, that have passed the competitionâs Design Judging phase and will ... Continue reading
NextGen Research Looks Under the Hood of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles
Oct 16, 2009
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.--The hybrid-electric and electric vehicle markets have been growing slowly for the last few years, but the price premium for the additional hardware required has always been a significant barrier to mass-market appeal. Hydraulic and flywheel energy storage systems remain very much in the evaluation pha ... Continue reading
Waiting for Freedom from Gasoline: An Almost Daily Blog
Oct 7, 2009
By Bob Gordon and Marc Rauch, Co-Founders of The Auto Channel September 24, 2009 - Day 416 On August 4, 2008 Barak Obama made what I consider to be the most important speech of his presidential campaign. To me it was the seminal moment that changed by opinion as to whether he could be elected President (although it did ... Continue reading
Energy Harvesting, MEMS Based Fuel Cells and Low Power ICs
Oct 6, 2009
Micro Power Technologies October 22, 2009 8AM -- 5PM Radisson Hotel San Jose, CA MEMS Investor Journal and MEPTEC, the MicroElectronics Packaging and Test Engineering Council, will hold the 1st Annual Workshop on Micro Power Technologies on October 22, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel, San Jose, CA. Space is limited -- regis ... Continue reading
Detroit News Story Goes Overboard in Slamming Ethanol
Sep 30, 2009
Is this canard the latest effort by the gasoline lobby to derail alternative fuel initiatives? By Marc J. Rauch On Monday, September 28th, David Shepardson of the Detroit News' Washington Bureau published a story titled "Carmakers fight hike in ethanol at pump.â (http://detroitnews.com/article/20090928/AUTO01/9092 ... Continue reading
OriginOil Announces New Algae Growth System for Use in Wastewater Facilities
Sep 30, 2009
LOS ANGELES--OriginOil, Inc. (OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, today announced an innovative production system using a type of algae that attaches itself to growth surfaces. The new system helps pursue ... Continue reading
GM Announces Establishment of China Science Lab
Sep 25, 2009
Will Contribute to Technological Innovation Shanghai â General Motors Company announced today the establishment of its China Science Lab in Shanghai. The unique facility will carry out important research projects in a number of automotive-related fields for General Motors. As the first major science lab establishe ... Continue reading
Sep 23, 2009
FRANKFURT AM MAIN--A premiere of a special kind was held on Wednesday at the 63rd International Automobile Fair (IAA PKW). For the first time those responsible for development at all seven German automobile manufacturers â together with Matthias Wissmann, President of the German Association of the Automotive Indus ... Continue reading
Renewable Transportation Fuels from Algae
Sep 23, 2009
From 1978 to 1996, the U.S. Department of Energyâs Office of Fuels Development funded a program to develop renewable transportation fuels from algae. The main focus of the program, know as the Aquatic Species Program (or ASP) was the production of biodiesel from high lipid-content algae grown in ponds, utilizing w ... Continue reading
Sep 23, 2009
Exclusive and in-depth coverage of the 63rd Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, the worldâs largest motor show AUTO CENTRAL - September 10, 2009: With just a few days to go before the start of the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, which is the unofficial official start of the 2010 major auto show season, TheAutoChannel ... Continue reading
Sep 16, 2009
No other premium auto maker has such good overall prerequisites as we do to fulfil the entire bandwidth of expectations from sustainable mobility for today and tomorrow," this is the conclusion delivered today by Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, at th ... Continue reading
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